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In his first address to NRIs outside India after taking over as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi on Monday, 8 January, accused the BJP government of dividing people on the basis of caste and religion, alleging it was converting the anger of jobless youth into hatred among communities.
Gandhi assured that he would give India a "new shining Congress party" in the next six months and urged NRIs to help fight forces of "hate and division".
But the BJP dubbed his speech as "irresponsible", alleging that the Congress president was spreading "hatred" among Indians with his statements abroad like he did in the country.
While using Congress’ association with Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani to attack Gandhi, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters:
The Congress president also said that his top three priorities for the country would be to create jobs, a good health infrastructure and an education system.
Gandhi claimed that the government's failure to create jobs is resulting in "tremendous unrest" in India, and this anger is visible in the streets and is rising with each passing day.
He said the Congress has the strength to fight the BJP and claimed that it will defeat the ruling party in 2019.
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